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Article: Medical groups, food companies join forces to promote health?
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- November 8, 2009
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - They may seem like odd couples, partners from
opposite poles with a passion to help you lead a healthier life.
Or maybe it's about money.
Soda-pop makers courting medical groups. Potato-chip producers
curling up with dietitians. Beer companies linking arms with traffic-
safety advocates.
These marriages of convenience have become an increasingly common
part of corporate America. That leaves consumers and government
regulators wondering if we can trust all the advice coming from
organizations that buddy up with industry.
The latest tryst with a twist involves the American Academy of
Family Physicians. The Leawood, Kan.-based organization represents
about 94,000 doctors who ...